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Re: [trinity-users] Kernel source doesn't match kernel?

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 15:35:12 -0600
> I am trying Ubuntu Maverick with Trinity 3.5.12, the live image I got from
> the trinity.pearsoncomputing.net site. I am testing how well it works
> before I do a potential upgrade. One of my tests includes installing
> VMWare. I couldn't make it work, VMWare complains that the source in
> /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.whatever/include doesn't match the
> installed/running kernel, so it can't build the required modules. I got
> the source from the Adept Manager application (plus the build-essential
> package). Do you folks know anything about that? How can I get a kernel
> source that will match the running kernel?
>

You may want to try an upgrade of all installed packages using Adept or
Synaptic.  The Trinity LiveCD images were built directly from the official
Ubuntu LiveCD images, so I am somewhat surprised to hear about this type
of problem.

Tim